As I pray(ed) for Fr. Cooper, I thought also about his degree of adherence to the new direction of the sspx, and what that means compared to the memories I have of him and the emotion I have of his suffering and death.   And, it for some reason meant little.  Whether that is the urging of the holy ghost or not I do not know.  But, I certainly shut out any thoughts that fr. cooper had changed.  And, it was effortless.  Meaning, for me, the pre illness and pre neosspx fr. cooper is the real fr. cooper.  And, if my prayer has any merit, it will be the eternal Fr. Cooper.  Isn't that what they say about heaven?  In heaven one will resume their peak performance/state?  Because, that is all I think about.  I think about the fr. cooper I met, and the fr. cooper I would listen to in sermons that I would come back to over and over again when I needed my daily bread or daily dose you could say.  

It reminds me of what netanyahu recently said about abbas.  He said "once a h0Ɩ0cαųst denier, always a h0Ɩ0cαųst denier".  And, I think something similar with fr. cooper but in a good way.  And, that is, "once an outstanding traditional priest, always an outstanding traditional priest".  Along with my personal conviction about this by way of the emotion I have and my prayer for him, I think the big outpouring of support for him across all of divided tradition suggest it is the case.  "Once an outstanding traditional priest, always an outstanding traditional priest".  There is no reason to think that Fr. cooper was a sell out.  I think Fr. Cooper was a victim soul, a true sacrifice, which is the priest.  Lets just hope and pray that both the sspx and the resistance recognizes this and doubles our efforts.  

I had a dream about Fr. Cooper the night he passed away.  I will not divulge all of the details.  But, in the dream, I think you will be pleased to hear that he was a missionary priest, and he said that he would be celebrating mass in my town as a part of his mass circuit.  And, the church was built on the children's playground of the elementary school I attended.  Which, has neat symbolism I think.  Because, children love playgrounds, and Fr. Cooper was always good with children.  I will end it there for you.  Let us pray for Fr. Cooper.  I certainly never want to forget him.  

In fairness to Sean he is not saying anything contrary to what he said before.  He has something in common with  OLMC and with SSPX, all of them are R and R.  They are exactly what the Archbishop was until his last breath.  You didn't see him mention unity with any of the Sedevacantist positions did you?  I don't see any irony at all.  I also found the focus of praying for this R and R priest very refreshing!  

In fairness to Sean he is not saying anything contrary to what he said before.  He has something in common with  OLMC and with SSPX, all of them are R and R.  They are exactly what the Archbishop was until his last breath.  You didn't see him mention unity with any of the Sedevacantist positions did you?  I don't see any irony at all.  I also found the focus of praying for this R and R priest very refreshing!  

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I had the same experience. This is a very good thing that Fr. Cooper continues to pull Catholics together even after he's gone.
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It must be a signal grace!
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Sean knows almost everything about the Resistance.

THE SSPX IS NOT TRADITION.

I wish people tjust wake up to this fact. They are de facto, formally part of the conciliar Church. I'm not sure if Sean attends an SSPX chapel, but it sounds like he does.

4 agreements with Rome so far. One would be enough to make them part of the conciliar Church. We cannot support morally or financially the apostasy of the Church.

All the points made by Matthew above are correct by the way.

Sean talks about development of our attitudes towards sedevacantism, but won't wake up to the fact that the SSPX has lost the faith. OBJECTIVELY.

It's always the hallmark of a liberal when people get all worked up about sedevacantism and are quiet on indultery (now SSPX also).

Because what we have in common with sedevacantists is that we see heresy for what it is: heresy. Liberals don't like that.

We all better get use to this behavior though of Samuel and Sean. Because there are many clerics behind them on the rise who are even more zealous against independent, truly Catholic thinking.

That's the point.  Tradition to many become self-serving.  It gets tiring to always read something about the ego of samuel or sean and what serves their interests.  Why is it always about them and not the objectivity of the Church?  If they are asked astute questions they run off crying to matthew like a monkey to take away the questions.   Then on cue, others come from the wood work and put cream-puff fuzzies on them...to pad their sensitivities.  It is always the same.  Meanwhile, the questions are never answered, they parade as the 'authority' on so and so subject, and the process continues.  Tactic?

Thanks matthew for pointing it out and saying NO to this juvenile stuff.  

Can we now get away from these branded personalities and get to the real crisis in the Church?

THE SSPX IS NOT TRADITION.

I wish people just wake up to this fact.

4 agreements with Rome so far. One would be enough to make them part of the conciliar Church.

Sean... won't wake up to the fact that the SSPX has lost the faith. OBJECTIVELY.

Because what we have in common with sedevacantists is that we see heresy for what it is: heresy. Liberals don't like that.

We all better get use to this behavior though of Samuel and Sean. Because there are many clerics behind them on the rise who are even more zealous against independent, truly Catholic thinking.

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When was the last time you heard a priest preach Outside the Church there is No Salvation from the pulpit?
Liberals don't like that, either.
And from what I've encountered, neither do sedevacantists, nor SSPX or their sympathizers.
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